Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Employment activities

• Job skills training
• Job readiness activities
• Job search
• Job placement
• On the job training
• Work supplementation programs
• Job development
• Career transition centers
• Employment Activities - misc.

Educational activities

• Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• GED courses
• High school completion
• Post-secondary education
• School readiness activities
• Educational Activities - misc.
• Literacy education
• Early Childhood Education (e.g. Head Start)
• Parent groups/classes

Financial incentives

• Cash bonus for program completion
• Earnings disregards
• Earnings supplements/work subsidies
• Elimination of 100 hour rule
• Excluding the value of one vehicle
• Coverage for work-related expenses
• Increased asset limit
• Individual Development Account (IDA)
• Increase in income benefits for program enrollment
• Increase in income benefits for program participation
• Tax reduction/rebate (e.g. Earned Income Tax Credit)
• Transitional income benefits
• Lower benefit reduction rate
• Deductions for business investments leading to self-employment
• Direct payment of rent to recipient (not landlord)
• Utility allowance
• Shelter allowance
• Financial Incentives - misc.
• Higher base grant

Financial disincentives/Sanctions

• Reduced benefits for non-compliance
• Strengthened JOBS sanctions
• Multi-program sanctions
• Lower basic benefit level
• Denial of benefits to persons convicted of felonies
• Financial Disincentives/Sanctions - misc.

Program requirements

• Work requirement
• Community or alternative work
• Child support order
• Enrollment in substance abuse program
• Mandatory JOBS for younger teens
• Parenting or social contract
• Paternity identification
• School attendance
• Living arrangements for unwed pregnant or parenting minors
• Workshop attendance
• Immunizations for children
• Broadened JOBS participation requirement
• Drug testing
• Program Requirements - misc.

Child support

• Support paid directly to parent
• Increased efficiency in collection
• Child support - misc.
• Services to non-custodial parents

Food stamps

• Work requirements
• Simplified program
• Food Stamps - misc.

Social/Support services

• Child care
• Transitional child care
• Health benefits
• Transportation
• Case management
• Employment support for job retention
• Multiple services in single location
• Life Skills and Opportunities Classes (LSO)
• Parenting classes/training
• Family planning education and services
• Counseling
• Enhanced social and health services
• Social/Support Services - misc.
• Child protection agencies
• Community/social services
• Treatment for problems such as domestic violence or mental health
• Home visits
• Child development centers

Administration/Implementation

• Changes in welfare office environment/culture
• Simplification of program rules and procedures
• Development of partnerships with private organizations
• Program enforcement of sanctions
• Development of new welfare policies
• Administration/Implementation - misc.

Time limits

• Time Limits - misc.

Family caps

• Family Caps - misc.

Eligibility

• Eligibility - misc.

Diversionary activities

• Diversionary activities - misc.

Post-Program activities

• Post-Program Activities- misc.